James Hicks, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Daphne, ALNPI 1912433392
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,119 of the $6,309 with a category attached, or 65.3%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 35.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,510 and has fallen 71.6% since, to $713 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $8,697.
Across 81 payments — averaging $77.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Medtronic$774
- Life Spine, Inc.$687
- Globus Medical$554
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$491
- Carlsmed, Inc.$389
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,19035%
- Food & beverage$4,11965%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 15 | $2,211 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $774 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 3 | $687 |
| Globus Medical | 13 | $554 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $491 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $389 |
| DJO, LLC | 10 | $287 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $139 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $98 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $41 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $29 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $20 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,654
- ProLift Lateral Fixated$1,127
- ProLift Lateral$563
- Lattus$491
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$419
- aprevo$364
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$288
- ProLift$256
- Explorer TO$176
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$167
- SERRATO$153
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$150
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$146
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$135
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$135
- Sable$109
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$109
- ARx$103
How this compares
$6,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 20 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Alabama.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Alabama →
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 56 | $823 |
| Gabapentin | 60 | $465 |
| Methocarbamol | 45 | $372 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $248 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $164 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $153 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $70 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Daphne
- Charles GordonDaphne$208K
- Javier RetoHuntsville$768K
- Timothy HoltMontgomery$478K
- Timothy BassettTuscaloosa$291K
- Phillip KravetzCullman$224K
- Larry ParkerHuntsville$136K
- Todd VolkmanMobile$34K
- Bendt PetersenMobile$30K
- James WestMobile$25K
- Asra ToobaieMobile$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.